Continuity and change in grammar /
One of the principal challenges of historical linguistics is to explain the causes of language change. Any such explanation, however, must also address the 'actuation problem': why is it that changes occurring in a given language at a certain time cannot be reliably predicted to recur in o...
| Други автори: | Breitbarth, Anne, 1976- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
℗♭2010.
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| Серия: |
Linguistik aktuell ;
Bd. 159. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
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| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Continuity and change in grammar. |
| Резюме: |
One of the principal challenges of historical linguistics is to explain the causes of language change. Any such explanation, however, must also address the 'actuation problem': why is it that changes occurring in a given language at a certain time cannot be reliably predicted to recur in other languages, under apparently similar conditions? The sixteen contributions to the present volume each aim to elucidate various aspects of this problem, including: What processes can be identified as the drivers of change? How central are syntax-external (phonological, lexical or contact-based) factors in. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (viii, 359 pages) : illustrations. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9789027288073 9027288070 |
| ISSN: |
0166-0829 ; |